What's the easiest way to convert latitude and longitude to double values

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Published on 2008-09-19T15:38:59Z Indexed on 2010/03/26 17:13 UTC
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I've got a CSV file containing latitude and longitude values, such as:

"25°36'55.57""E","45°39'12.52""N"

Anyone have a quick and simple piece of C# code to convert this to double values?

Thanks

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